Or could just mean he was there.
Gotta Catch 'Em All! - Pokémon Thread
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We might get to see something involving a possible Kalos/Galar War that they hint at a few times in this game. It's not just in AZ's letter, if you go to the museum and read the description for Kamado's armor, it also mentions some dealings between Kalos and Galar. Probably referencing the real-life Hundred Years War or other French and English wars throughout history. So, it seems like Gamefreak's planning...something.
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I'm not sure about showing a timeline split. I'm not quite sure what you mean. (Although, we have kind of already seen Gamefreak acknowledge a timeline split of a sort, with Rainbow Rocket.).
But, I do think we might learn a little more about the events of the past. I think it's more likely that the events in Kalos lead to the events in Galar, myself. Because, it seems pretty likely that firing the Ultimate Weapon had effects in other regions, too. It seems like firing off that much Infinity Energy got the attention of a lot of "extradimensional" Legendary Pokemon, probably explaining why most of the "Gimmick Source" Pokemon, like Necrozma and Eternatus, started invading this planet. There's a few things that all happened 3000 years ago, which would be interesting to explore in more detail. At the very least, I wouldn't be too surprised if we see AZ one more time in a potential Legends 3. And wouldn't it just be INTERESTING if Volo showed up at the same time? WAY before the events of Legends Arceus?
So, we'll see. Personally, I'm expecting Gamefreak to drop some sort of lore-bomb on us, in one of these games. Because I do feel like they've been building up to...something, over the past decade and change. Even the Mega Dimension DLC is bringing back and expanding upon a old element from a past game that I never really thought we'd see again. We'll see if they actually ever pay it off or not. The formula might be working too well for them to want to "conclude" it, though.
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Anglo-French Wars - Wikipedia
I'm not sure about showing a timeline split. I'm not quite sure what you mean. (Although, we have kind of already seen Gamefreak acknowledge a timeline split of a sort, with Rainbow Rocket.).
But, I do think we might learn a little more about the events of the past. I think it's more likely that the events in Kalos lead to the events in Galar, myself. Because, it seems pretty likely that firing the Ultimate Weapon had effects in other regions, too. It seems like firing off that much Infinity Energy got the attention of a lot of "extradimensional" Legendary Pokemon, probably explaining why most of the "Gimmick Source" Pokemon, like Necrozma and Eternatus, started invading this planet. There's a few things that all happened 3000 years ago, which would be interesting to explore in more detail. At the very least, I wouldn't be too surprised if we see AZ one more time in a potential Legends 3. And wouldn't it just be INTERESTING if Volo showed up at the same time? WAY before the events of Legends Arceus?
So, we'll see. Personally, I'm expecting Gamefreak to drop some sort of lore-bomb on us, in one of these games. Because I do feel like they've been building up to...something, over the past decade and change. Even the Mega Dimension DLC is bringing back and expanding upon a old element from a past game that I never really thought we'd see again. We'll see if they actually ever pay it off or not. The formula might be working too well for them to want to "conclude" it, though.
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Just finished Mega Diminsion, though I do still have a bunch of side missions to do. But I'll probably just keep getting more pokemon and leveling up the cool ones...starting with Darkrai.
Also still have more Mega Stones to collect. A Pokemon game is never truly done. Though to be honest, I'm feeling more into this game than Scarlet/Violet.
Also still have more Mega Stones to collect. A Pokemon game is never truly done. Though to be honest, I'm feeling more into this game than Scarlet/Violet.
It feels like forever since I last played Z-A. I need to get back to it.
What are we calling the "end" of this DLC, anyway? Because I've seen the credits, but I still have a LOT of grinding to do to catch "that fine Pokemon" for Ansha. Nevermind hoping to get to see the other legendaries, or the True Final Battle with your rival.
I have a LOT of complaints about this DLC. (Relying too much on RNG, not enough berries, everything being on a time limit now) But, it does give you a lot of stuff to do. Most of it feels kind of padded. But, it is a lot of stuff. It probably does double the length of the game. I don't know if it's in a fun way, but I can't say the content isn't there. There's like...two or three different postgames, here.
I DO like some of the side missions, though. Some of these are really fun or cute.
I have a LOT of complaints about this DLC. (Relying too much on RNG, not enough berries, everything being on a time limit now) But, it does give you a lot of stuff to do. Most of it feels kind of padded. But, it is a lot of stuff. It probably does double the length of the game. I don't know if it's in a fun way, but I can't say the content isn't there. There's like...two or three different postgames, here.
I DO like some of the side missions, though. Some of these are really fun or cute.
Yeah, I kinda had that moment of...Make a post telling how I finally beat the DLC...the credits ended...there's more DLC to play..
Hmm, do I go back and change my post? Eh...maybe if everyone ignores it, it'll go away!
Aww man! Someone replied!
Why even put the credits there? The DLC's not ended. The DLC LIED TO ME!
Hmm, do I go back and change my post? Eh...maybe if everyone ignores it, it'll go away!
Aww man! Someone replied!
Why even put the credits there? The DLC's not ended. The DLC LIED TO ME!
I consider the final credits AFTER "That fine pokemon" is caught to be The END.
Caught the "fine Pokemon", now the game's throwing mythical mons at me like a shotgun. I think this is the first time Meltan and Melmetal have been available outside of Go.
You could get MelMetal from Home.
Yeah, but only if you transferred something from Go to Home. I'd argue that still counts as requiring Go.
I thought it was any pokemon. My bad.
There was a distribution of a Gigantimax Melmetal for Pokemon Sword.
Of course, my Go Zarude is stuck in Home because they effed up the distribution of that one!
Of course, my Go Zarude is stuck in Home because they effed up the distribution of that one!
Finally got water Urshifu and both the regi's by doing the sword shield DLC (and trading a shiny for the dragon regi). Now for Calyrex and the horsies and then I'm doing the Indigo Disc in S/V.
On the upside I caught a shiny Charmander in Z-A
On the downside, Mega Rayquaza is still a pain in the butt
Edit: Twice now, I've come across a shiny Fletchling and it's flew off. Fortunately I got some in Pokemon Go a few years ago.
On the downside, Mega Rayquaza is still a pain in the butt
Edit: Twice now, I've come across a shiny Fletchling and it's flew off. Fortunately I got some in Pokemon Go a few years ago.
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You know what? This kind of random, but with Pokemon Day less than a month away, I just want to write up some predictions about what we could see. I actually haven't been paying attention to very many leaks about the subject, so these are probably going to be wrong. But, I just want to see if my impressions at all end up matching with reality.
So, these are all pretty unlikely. These predictions are probably too optimistic to be accurate. But, they were fun to write. Anyone else have any predictions they want to make about what we could see on Pokemon Day on February 27?
-First off, the big one. I DO think we'll end up getting a reveal for Generation 10. We'll find out what the version names are. We might even get to see the box legendaries in a CG commercial that's probably made by the TCG commercial guys. BUT...I think it's going to be revealed to come out in 2027, not this year. Why? Because they DID claim they were going to try and slow down, in order to give these games more polish. And while it IS pretty easy to not believe them, I do think that'll lead to us getting a "delay" to next year.
Plus, I'll remind everyone that Gamefreak's "Beast of Reincarnation" game is also supposed to come out later this year. Do you think Gamefreak wants it's brand new IP to have to compete with the juggernaut that is Pokemon? Sure, it's a completely different genre of game on a completely different console. But, do you think Gamefreak wants to take the risk of one of their own games eating into their own sales? Gamefreak has been trying for YEARS to come up with a IP that isn't Pokemon. I think they wouldn't want to risk ANYTHING that could make Beast of Reincarnation fail. Gamefreak in general seems a bit burnt out on Pokemon, and wants to make ANYTHING else. Maybe they'd want ALL the sales in one year. But, if I was running Gamefreak, I'd probably delay Pokemon for another year, just to give the new IP some room to breathe. Spread out those sales so they have income this year AND next year.
So, I think the smartest thing Gamefreak can do is wait another year. I know this year is the 30th Anniversary. But...I don't think that means to the corporation, what it means to the fans. I don't think they especially CARE, outside of marketing. Now, this WOULD be bad news for Nintendo, since the Switch 2 NEEDS more games. But, Gamefreak isn't completely owned by Nintendo. I feel like the Gamefreak side of the equation will want to wait until the Switch 2 has a bigger install base before putting out a game that they NEED to sell in order to keep the company solvent. And putting out another buggy Pokemon game doesn't benefit anyone as far as PR is concerned. The next mainline Pokemon game NEEDS to be less buggy, just so the backlash and ill will doesn't get worse. So, I'm predicting they DO officially reveal the game, but it's not coming out this year. Taking some more time to polish things up.
-Instead, I think we're going to get something more for Legends Z-A. Would they do another $30 DLC? I'm not so sure. But, I think we will get at least a more "Pecharunt"-sized event. Because, right now...Legends Z-A feels oddly incomplete to me in some ways.
We can get 3 different Vivillion forms in this game...but not the other dozen. Darkrai is in the game...but not his "partner" Cresselia. There is another new Z-Mega Stone event they haven't dropped yet...and it'd be kind of weird if the last Mega Stone they added to the game was that one, I won't spoil which one it is. And, I know I keep going on about this, but they still haven't added Deoxys to the game...even though almost every other Pokemon important to the Mega Stone lore is already here and then some. We also still don't have a "Source Pokemon" for Mega Evolution yet (which COULD connect back to adding a "Mega Deoxys" to the game), like we do for every other gimmick in the franchise. If they're going to expand on the Mega Evolution lore and finally explain which Pokemon is behind it, I don't know when else Gamefreak would get a chance to reveal it. Plus, it just seems to be such a MASSIVE missed opportunity to never have done anything with Taunie/Urbain's mom in DLC, even though we KNOW dead people can show up in the Hyperspace Dream World.
So, I think Gamefreak is going to announce some level of DLC we don't know about yet. Maybe not another full $30 set, but something. I think we'll at least get Deoxys added to the game via a in-game event like the Pecharunt event at the end of Scarlet and Violet. Along with a new Mega Deoxys. Maybe a few other new Megas. If only because this is probably going to be the last chance to do new Megas for a decade or more.
Maybe they can also do something to give us more Hyper Berries in the main game, just to help people finish the game and make it less grindy? "Hyper Berry Zones" where you can just farm berries to your heart's content? A NPC who will trade you Hyper Berries for extra Pokemon you don't want, like how you could release Pokemon for Grit items in Legends Arceus? Maybe just doubling the number of Hyper Berries that drop from Balls? Some sort of "Hyper Leveling System", where if you go into a X-Star wormhole so many times, you eventually build up the ability to not even need a Donut to go in there, you just automatically get x-number of levels to let you do stuff? Something! We just got a update that let us carry 9999 Mega Shards, and I want something similar for the Hyper Berries.
-They'll also reveal what Shiny Mythical we'll get for completing the entire Legends Z-A Pokedex in Home. And I'm predicting it will be...Shiny Hoopa. It's never been catchable before, it's a nice gold color, and it plays a big part in the DLC.
-For Scarlet and Violet, they'll announce a new Shiny Zygarde Tera-Raid Event. In order to line up with the Horizons anime. A little late, but not bad news.
-I think they're finally going to surprise drop Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness on NSO, RIGHT on Pokemon Day. Reveal the release right on the same day as the Direct. And I think they'll also reveal they'll be compatible with Pokemon Home...in 4 months. Let's not get TOO crazy, here.
-They'll give us a release date for Pokemon Champions. And, they'll also reveal a incentive for more casual players to try out the game. Every "season" they'll offer a Shiny Pokemon as a free gift if you play 5 or more matches. Like what they've been doing in Legends Z-A with some of the Mega Stones. Something to get the casual fans to care about this battle sim.
-They'll talk more about Pokopia. And we'll get a few more hints about what apocalypse happened in this world. I have a feeling they'll reveal a few more "unique" Pokemon that have been changed by this disaster. Maybe we'll see a weird, mutant Eevee to go along with our dimmed Pikachu? Or some unique ghost Pokemon with suspicious amnesia.
-There's been enough rumors about some sort of a "Classic Collection" of older games, that I think we could get something like that. If we don't get a main game this year, that would be a good way to celebrate the 30th Anniversary another way. I think if we did, it would only be the Gameboy and GBA games. That way, they can save the DS games for a second collection. I think this collection would be pretty bare bones, and I doubt we'd even get too much concept art or rejected Pokemon designs or anything. But, maybe there'd be a art gallery of old Sugimori art, just for the nostalgia. As a bit of a moneky's paw drawback, because it's always SOMETHING with Gamefreak, it WILL be a limited-timed release, like the Super Mario 3D All Stars collection, only available physically for one year.
-During a list of all the other random franchise stuff, I think we could get a reveal that a American version of the PokePark theme park is coming to Universal Theme Parks at some point. It'll be years away, since even the Japanese version doesn't open until a few days from now. But, I think they will reveal plans to the addition to Super Nintendo World.
-A good chunk of the Presentation will likely also be talking about the new Pokemon Lego sets. Maybe focusing on a few of the smaller, more affordable ones we haven't seen yet.
-Let's end on another big swing prediction. I think they could announce a new animated movie for later this year. End the anniversary year with a little bit of a bang. One where Ash and Liko meet each other. It's been YEARS since we've gotten a movie. And, personally, I think Detective Pikachu 2 is a little unlikely to happen at this point, since it's been so long. Despite having all of Detective Pikachu Returns to adapt. But, I could see us getting another animated movie. And I could see them doing a crossover between the old and new protagonists. Especially if they "reset" things with a new protagonist again when Gen 10 comes out. This could be a "farewell" to the Horizon's cast. And I think getting to cross over with Ash would be a fun way to say goodbye. To go along with the movie, we'll be getting a special "Captain Hat Pikachu" distribution in...one of the games. Maybe Scarlet and Violet, maybe Legends Z-A, or maybe just in Pokemon Home itself.
Plus, I'll remind everyone that Gamefreak's "Beast of Reincarnation" game is also supposed to come out later this year. Do you think Gamefreak wants it's brand new IP to have to compete with the juggernaut that is Pokemon? Sure, it's a completely different genre of game on a completely different console. But, do you think Gamefreak wants to take the risk of one of their own games eating into their own sales? Gamefreak has been trying for YEARS to come up with a IP that isn't Pokemon. I think they wouldn't want to risk ANYTHING that could make Beast of Reincarnation fail. Gamefreak in general seems a bit burnt out on Pokemon, and wants to make ANYTHING else. Maybe they'd want ALL the sales in one year. But, if I was running Gamefreak, I'd probably delay Pokemon for another year, just to give the new IP some room to breathe. Spread out those sales so they have income this year AND next year.
So, I think the smartest thing Gamefreak can do is wait another year. I know this year is the 30th Anniversary. But...I don't think that means to the corporation, what it means to the fans. I don't think they especially CARE, outside of marketing. Now, this WOULD be bad news for Nintendo, since the Switch 2 NEEDS more games. But, Gamefreak isn't completely owned by Nintendo. I feel like the Gamefreak side of the equation will want to wait until the Switch 2 has a bigger install base before putting out a game that they NEED to sell in order to keep the company solvent. And putting out another buggy Pokemon game doesn't benefit anyone as far as PR is concerned. The next mainline Pokemon game NEEDS to be less buggy, just so the backlash and ill will doesn't get worse. So, I'm predicting they DO officially reveal the game, but it's not coming out this year. Taking some more time to polish things up.
-Instead, I think we're going to get something more for Legends Z-A. Would they do another $30 DLC? I'm not so sure. But, I think we will get at least a more "Pecharunt"-sized event. Because, right now...Legends Z-A feels oddly incomplete to me in some ways.
We can get 3 different Vivillion forms in this game...but not the other dozen. Darkrai is in the game...but not his "partner" Cresselia. There is another new Z-Mega Stone event they haven't dropped yet...and it'd be kind of weird if the last Mega Stone they added to the game was that one, I won't spoil which one it is. And, I know I keep going on about this, but they still haven't added Deoxys to the game...even though almost every other Pokemon important to the Mega Stone lore is already here and then some. We also still don't have a "Source Pokemon" for Mega Evolution yet (which COULD connect back to adding a "Mega Deoxys" to the game), like we do for every other gimmick in the franchise. If they're going to expand on the Mega Evolution lore and finally explain which Pokemon is behind it, I don't know when else Gamefreak would get a chance to reveal it. Plus, it just seems to be such a MASSIVE missed opportunity to never have done anything with Taunie/Urbain's mom in DLC, even though we KNOW dead people can show up in the Hyperspace Dream World.
So, I think Gamefreak is going to announce some level of DLC we don't know about yet. Maybe not another full $30 set, but something. I think we'll at least get Deoxys added to the game via a in-game event like the Pecharunt event at the end of Scarlet and Violet. Along with a new Mega Deoxys. Maybe a few other new Megas. If only because this is probably going to be the last chance to do new Megas for a decade or more.
Maybe they can also do something to give us more Hyper Berries in the main game, just to help people finish the game and make it less grindy? "Hyper Berry Zones" where you can just farm berries to your heart's content? A NPC who will trade you Hyper Berries for extra Pokemon you don't want, like how you could release Pokemon for Grit items in Legends Arceus? Maybe just doubling the number of Hyper Berries that drop from Balls? Some sort of "Hyper Leveling System", where if you go into a X-Star wormhole so many times, you eventually build up the ability to not even need a Donut to go in there, you just automatically get x-number of levels to let you do stuff? Something! We just got a update that let us carry 9999 Mega Shards, and I want something similar for the Hyper Berries.
-They'll also reveal what Shiny Mythical we'll get for completing the entire Legends Z-A Pokedex in Home. And I'm predicting it will be...Shiny Hoopa. It's never been catchable before, it's a nice gold color, and it plays a big part in the DLC.
-For Scarlet and Violet, they'll announce a new Shiny Zygarde Tera-Raid Event. In order to line up with the Horizons anime. A little late, but not bad news.
-I think they're finally going to surprise drop Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness on NSO, RIGHT on Pokemon Day. Reveal the release right on the same day as the Direct. And I think they'll also reveal they'll be compatible with Pokemon Home...in 4 months. Let's not get TOO crazy, here.
-They'll give us a release date for Pokemon Champions. And, they'll also reveal a incentive for more casual players to try out the game. Every "season" they'll offer a Shiny Pokemon as a free gift if you play 5 or more matches. Like what they've been doing in Legends Z-A with some of the Mega Stones. Something to get the casual fans to care about this battle sim.
-They'll talk more about Pokopia. And we'll get a few more hints about what apocalypse happened in this world. I have a feeling they'll reveal a few more "unique" Pokemon that have been changed by this disaster. Maybe we'll see a weird, mutant Eevee to go along with our dimmed Pikachu? Or some unique ghost Pokemon with suspicious amnesia.
-There's been enough rumors about some sort of a "Classic Collection" of older games, that I think we could get something like that. If we don't get a main game this year, that would be a good way to celebrate the 30th Anniversary another way. I think if we did, it would only be the Gameboy and GBA games. That way, they can save the DS games for a second collection. I think this collection would be pretty bare bones, and I doubt we'd even get too much concept art or rejected Pokemon designs or anything. But, maybe there'd be a art gallery of old Sugimori art, just for the nostalgia. As a bit of a moneky's paw drawback, because it's always SOMETHING with Gamefreak, it WILL be a limited-timed release, like the Super Mario 3D All Stars collection, only available physically for one year.
-During a list of all the other random franchise stuff, I think we could get a reveal that a American version of the PokePark theme park is coming to Universal Theme Parks at some point. It'll be years away, since even the Japanese version doesn't open until a few days from now. But, I think they will reveal plans to the addition to Super Nintendo World.
-A good chunk of the Presentation will likely also be talking about the new Pokemon Lego sets. Maybe focusing on a few of the smaller, more affordable ones we haven't seen yet.
-Let's end on another big swing prediction. I think they could announce a new animated movie for later this year. End the anniversary year with a little bit of a bang. One where Ash and Liko meet each other. It's been YEARS since we've gotten a movie. And, personally, I think Detective Pikachu 2 is a little unlikely to happen at this point, since it's been so long. Despite having all of Detective Pikachu Returns to adapt. But, I could see us getting another animated movie. And I could see them doing a crossover between the old and new protagonists. Especially if they "reset" things with a new protagonist again when Gen 10 comes out. This could be a "farewell" to the Horizon's cast. And I think getting to cross over with Ash would be a fun way to say goodbye. To go along with the movie, we'll be getting a special "Captain Hat Pikachu" distribution in...one of the games. Maybe Scarlet and Violet, maybe Legends Z-A, or maybe just in Pokemon Home itself.
So, these are all pretty unlikely. These predictions are probably too optimistic to be accurate. But, they were fun to write. Anyone else have any predictions they want to make about what we could see on Pokemon Day on February 27?
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Gen X makes most sense.
I think we will see something more for Z-A but only Home compatibility and maybe a hundred new Pokemon available for it, perhaps all those from Legends Arceus for one or at least Typlosion, Serperior and Samurott with other Hisiun forms.
Edit: today, 5th of Feb, I got a shiny Dynamax Eevee in Pokemon Go and a shiny Alpha Bellsprout in Pokemon Legends Z-A.
I think we will see something more for Z-A but only Home compatibility and maybe a hundred new Pokemon available for it, perhaps all those from Legends Arceus for one or at least Typlosion, Serperior and Samurott with other Hisiun forms.
Edit: today, 5th of Feb, I got a shiny Dynamax Eevee in Pokemon Go and a shiny Alpha Bellsprout in Pokemon Legends Z-A.
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Over in Scarlet and Violet, you can get a Championship Hisuian Typhlosian with the code:
EU1C26HEATWAVE
The code expires in a week, on February 20, so grab it while you can!
Also have a new PokeToon short!
EU1C26HEATWAVE
The code expires in a week, on February 20, so grab it while you can!
Also have a new PokeToon short!
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Sorry, but £16.99?
I'd have paid £7.99, been tempted at £9.99 but see no advantage to this.
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Yeah...$20 is high for a ROM. Just for comparison, the Gameboy games on the 3DS cost $10 a pop. I'm not sure if the jump to the GBA is worth double that price. Especially when NSO is right there. And this arguably belongs on NSO instead of it's own, separate purchase. There also seems to be some confusion on if this will actually get Home support or not. At the very least, Home support might be delayed. We'll see.
I've never actually played Fire Red/Leaf Green, though. And if it wasn't for the Sevii Island stuff, I'm not sure if I'd bother. I have no burning desire to return to Kanto, again. But, it is the ONLY mainline Pokemon game I've never played any version of. So...I'm waffling.
We'll see. It's weird that they're announcing this a week before the Pokemon Presents. Especially since it comes out on Pokemon Day, and this would have been a fun surprise drop for the presentation. It kind of makes me think there's more to this, somehow. Maybe there's going to be a limited-timed physical version with other Gen 1-3 games, like I predicted before? I don't know, this just feels strange. I'll wait until the presentation to make any final judgement on this. Maybe they just wanted to get the bad news about the price out of the way?
I've never actually played Fire Red/Leaf Green, though. And if it wasn't for the Sevii Island stuff, I'm not sure if I'd bother. I have no burning desire to return to Kanto, again. But, it is the ONLY mainline Pokemon game I've never played any version of. So...I'm waffling.
We'll see. It's weird that they're announcing this a week before the Pokemon Presents. Especially since it comes out on Pokemon Day, and this would have been a fun surprise drop for the presentation. It kind of makes me think there's more to this, somehow. Maybe there's going to be a limited-timed physical version with other Gen 1-3 games, like I predicted before? I don't know, this just feels strange. I'll wait until the presentation to make any final judgement on this. Maybe they just wanted to get the bad news about the price out of the way?
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